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The Grenada gazette., 1887-08-20
WHEN fragile woman sighs, deploring
The charms that quickly fade away,
What power, the bloom of health restoring.
Can check the progress of decay2

For pains and ills Of such description,
Thousands OF women gladly mention
'Tis "Pierce's Favorte Prescription"
The price of this royal remedy, Dr. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription, is but one dollar
Specific for all those chronic ailments and
weaknesses peculiar to women. The only
medicine for such maladies, sold by drug
gists, under positive guarantee from the
manufacturers, that it will give satisfaction
or money refunded. See guarantee on bot
tie wrapper. Large bottles 81. Six for Is.
The Grenada gazette., 1887-08-20

WHEN mother starts out to seek her
boys who are enjoying a surreptitious
swim in tho nelghboring pond there is like.
ly to be brisk movement OF undressed
kids. - Boston Courier
The Grenada gazette., 1887-08-20
'THERE is plenty of room at the top"
said the hotel clerk as he ordered the
porter to put up another cot on the roof.

No INVESTMENT pays so well as good edu-
cation, as is clearly shown by the record Of
the Alumni of the RUGBY SCHOOL, LOUIS
Snd s1 h bs 1t st GSrs ha ss best 1T
For fifteen years it has stood with the fore
most in preparing boys for college or busi-
ness life. The terms are reasonable. Send
for catalogue to A. L. MCDONALD, Principal.
The Grenada gazette., 1887-08-20

THOSE Nuisances, Rheumatism and the
Gout, are relieved by Glenn's sulphur Soap.
Hills Hair and Wbisker Dye, soc. The best.
The Grenada gazette., 1887-08-20

No Opium in Pso's Cure for Consump-
ton. Cures where other remedies fail. pc
The Grenada gazette., 1887-08-20

ALL vigof Is contagious, and when we
see creation, we always begin TO create -
E,nerson
The Grenada gazette., 1887-08-20

"ALTHouoH unseen, my influence 10
felt" remarked the lively flea. -Town aud
CounfyJ
The Grenada gazette., 1887-08-20

A VERY appropriate diet for oarsmen ia
training is oysters in the shell-LopeY CT
Ten
The Grenada gazette., 1887-08-20

"GoBEMoucHEs" is the name given to
scandal lovers in England.
The Grenada gazette., 1887-08-20

'HERE is another lockout" said the
barber as he examined the elderly gentle
mans head.-Boston Beacon.
The Grenada gazette., 1887-08-20

The man who can not talk yacht nova
days is away in the rear OF the process
sion.
The Grenada gazette., 1887-08-20

LYoN's Tasteless Syrup of Quinine IS as
pleasant as Lemon Syrup. Children love 25c
The Grenada gazette., 1887-08-20

DOES boys funny bone" enable him
to laugh in mis- s.eeyel
The Grenada gazette., 1887-08-20

If afflicted with Sore Eyes use DR.. Isaac
Thompsons Eye ater. Druggists sell it 25c
The Grenada gazette., 1887-08-20

WHY Is the bridegroom more expensive
than the bridei The bride is always given
away, while the bridegroom is often sold.
The Grenada gazette., 1887-08-20

uoN me. ne |
liked. ~ that N
bly, have any "
far advanced.
treatment, but ,
on my stomach.
to RlVA ma nm /,
The Grenada gazette., 1887-08-20
CONSUMPTION, WEI

GOLDEN MEDICAL DISCOVERY cures ConsumI
ting and nutritive properties. For Weak Luz
and kindred affections, It b . sovereign Fens
and puriAes the blood.
It rapidly builds up the system, anA increas
~wastin9 dseases."
Consumpt on.-Mrs. EDWARD NEWTON, oi
Ont, writes: You will ever be praised BY me 4
6ic cure In my cese. was 20 reduced that my
Siven me up, and | had also been given up by two
went to the best doctor In these parts. He told q
Was only punishment in my case, and would n,
The Grenada gazette., 1887-08-20

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IA SiAuHttN. Va
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bookkeeping and physical culture. BJaru, eto-
with full English course, $3.50 for the aHtire stA
sion OF nine months. For tull yarticullEl' apply IA
the principal for catalogue.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-11-19
He Didn't Go Around Roaring.

II greatly dislike" said Dakota minister
last Sunday after the singing of the first
hymn, "to make any personal illusions
from the pulpit, but feel as if certain oc-
currence demanded word. I refer to the
case of Brother Hopkins, who lost $40 ON old
Royal George the running horse, at the
county fair this week, and got mad, and set
up great howl about fraud, and tried to
clean out the whole committee, and so forth.
1t was in 7oor taste and deserves the strong
est denunciation. suppose might also add
by way of example, continued the good
man, as he turned over the leaves searching
for his text, that | was backing Royal
George to the tune of $50 myself but when
lost didn't go, around roaring as if had
lost right leg" Chicago Tribune
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-11-19


bright-colored jacket, under which they
are apt to wear shirt, sometimes belt
and loose breeches, while their bare feet
stick in top-boots. Coat and jacket are
adorned with buttons and clasps, often of
genuine gold or silver and of large dimen-
sions. They carry walking sticks, too,
as big as drum majors batons-heavy
enough to be dangerous weapons. The
women's dress consists of a bodice and
skirts of various colors, garnished
around the neck and arms with
metal buttons, rings, pearls and
the like. They wear their hair gathered
in nets or ribbons. These gypsies are
well-built, dark-complexioned set of peo-
Pile; the men agile and sturdy, the women
beautiful physical specimens of woman
hood. But both men and women soon
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-11-19
A NOBLE MODESTY.
STYLUS.

How Great Singer Reproved Her Excited
and Well-meaning Countrymen.
The following stories refer to the first ap-
pearance of Marietta Piccolomini in the role
of Lucrezia Borgia, at Florence, in 1852
On the last night of her engagement at
the theatre called Carignan vast concourse
of people assembled together as she came
forth from the theatre and were about to
take her horses from her carriage She
spoke out and told them, with flushed cheek
and flashing eyes, tnau men ought to know
better than to put themselves in the place of
beasts; that Italy had higher and nobler
duties for her sons. Finding the people,
however, determined on paying this, as it
seemed to her, degrading homage, she passed
out of the theatre by a back door and made
her way to her hotel on foot.
Upon subsequent occasion her residence
was surrounded by an excited crowd, bent
on manifesting their frantic delight at her
musical powers. She sternly rebuked the
Young men of Italy for their levity, and
pointed out to them that they could fulfill
the end of their existence in other ways far
more nobly and with far greater satisfac-
fion to their own consciences
keep your strength for Italy; our coun-
try needs all your energies" exclaimed the
debutante of seventeen summers. Ezchas,gs.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-11-19

causes them to suffer giving them in their
old age a hideous, decrepit appearance.
They are unreliable, lazy, beg in the day
time and steal during the night, though
they mostly profess to be horse-traders or
coppersmiths. They are unruly, cruel
and dirty-will eat anything from dead
cat to an egg-shell; are devoted to drink,
lavish with money when they have any,
and willing to do any rascally act to get
some when their pockets are empty.
In the year 1888 l was spending the
summer at Horic, little manufacturing
village near those huge wild mountains
of Bohemia, the Bohmerwald. One after
noon was sitting under the porch of
the village inn when a group of gypsies
came walking down the road. They
numbered about fifty to sixty men,
women and children. Arrived at the inn,
they took at once possession of the
main hall, crowded every decent
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-11-19

greater the revenue, without stopping 20
consider the difficulties and inconvenience
to which the component members OF such
parties must be subjected The Northwestern
has never fully surrendered to this practlce'
1t is the opinion of many that the COM
bination principle means discomfort ana
possibly inadequate attention. The road
adheres to its original policy of direct con-
tact with its patrons, believing that in caring
for each and every one alike the greatest
good to the greatest number must, In
the end, be secured.
While rates are equal, and in nothing Id
the expense greater than by other routes
there is an attention which cannot be ap-
preached, service which the most tastldl-
Gus cannot criticise, and an absolute COM
fort, which makes the journey pleasure IN
stead of burden. This principle applying
with equal force to individuals, ladies or
children travelling alone as to organized par"
ties, has resulted in establishing most sat-
isfactory relations between the railway
and the public. This may be considered
rather strong language, but truth is the
greatest compliment which can be be-
slowed; and if it be true why not state TT
This statement is the result of personal
observation, and, in the language of the
witness-stand, is "the truth and nothing
but the truth"
You may ask why no other route is men
toned. Again say l. what is the use? L
speak whereof | know. PANa.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-11-19

were trying to persuade the woman
in the red wrapper to marry one
of the chiefs of the tribe. Whatever may
have been her reason, she refused steadily,
talking vociferously, retorting to the ex-
cited speeches which the others were
uttering all at the same time not only
with her tongue, but with the widest
gestures, comforting her body, rolling
her eyes-in short, displaying an all-but
pleasant mood. She had been carrying
on this game for some time, when, sud-
denly, the door of the hall was opened,
and there appeared at the entrance stall
wart, huge man, gypsy, of stern,
almost repulsve look
AS by common consent the others all
kept still; even those who were drunk
showed their fear for this fellow, the
chief of the tribe. One of the men told
him what had been going on. Drawing
a heavy cowhide from under his belt, he
cleared his way through those who were
wallowing on the floor, and made straight
for the woman in the red wrapper. She,
however, was too quick for him. With
a bound she cleared the table before her,
Ievaded blow aimed at her, and fled from
the house, the chief, whip in hand,
and several others, pursuing her
Up the village road she ran, as fast
as her feet would carry her; but
she was soon overtaken. A stroke
with the massive handle of the whip
threw her to the ground, and instantly
the man began flashing her, who lay turn
ing and bending from pain, yet almost I'M
conscious, while dozen or more of the
others stood around her and looked on
inactive Blow after blow the heavy
cowhide struck her, laying bare the up
per part of her body, now drawing blood
from her back, now flashing even her
naked breast. Against such crowd the
landlord and l were powerless, and the
enraged gypsy chief might have killed
the woman had she not made motion
with her head expressing a desire to
speak. Still brandishing his whip the
chief asked her question. Every one
of the band drew nearer, intent upon
hearing her answer, and hardly had she
whispered it than they raised whoop,
intended to express joy, and sang, danced
and embraced each other, till word from
the chief caused them to stop. Two or
three then lifted the woman on their
shoulders, and, followed by the rest of
the band, carried her back to the inn,
where the whole party kept on feasting
till late in the night, when platoon of
gen6armes austrian country police,
hastily summoned from the nearest sta
ton, drove them out of the village.
This is a way the gypsies in Bohemia
have of persuaaing their young women
to marry. DAN DORB.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-11-19
"Thirteen" In Bulgaria,

A certain Herr Max Fiedl has discovered
the key to the continuous troubles of Bull
garia. 1t appears that the history of that
little state ever since it's liberation from the
Grand Turk has been mysteriously con-
nected with the unlucky number thirteen,
Was not the Berlin treaty sthe work of July
H. 1873? Is not the article which deals with
East Roumeia-properly a part of BULGARIA
article XIII? Did not the brave Baften-
berger first enter Sophia on July 10, 1892
Are there not exactly thirteen letters in his
designation as ruler of Bulgaria-"Alex-
ander der I?'' Can Bulgaria expect a luck
Ter time under the bold Coburger. consider
ing that his official title, Ferdinand der
number of letters?
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-11-19

for the service which his company renders
the public can with no more justice be
accused of lack of conscience than can
the horny handed agriculturist be like
wise upbraided for his desire to secure
an honest reward for his physical invest
ment.
What would be the condition of the North
west to-day were it not for the enormous
outlay of money involved in the extension
and perfection of railway systems?
Look at the map ofthe country from Lake
Michigan to the British Possessions. Take
the Chicago and Northwestern Railway map,
for instance. 1t is a good one, even if it
was prepared by railroad. 1t has the
merit of being geographically correct-a
merit not generally found in similar pub
locations.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-11-19

tile tables, stretched them
selves out on the floor, and
called for beer and wine, of which they in
stantly devoured immense quantities,
aving the landlord lavishly by throwing
90 and silver coins upon the counter. In
short time the liquor made them noisy
and excited. Here, in corner, a few were
wrestling; there, few others vowed
each other eternal frien dships; Wonder
two or three others had already drawn
knives. Many were rolling on the floor,
hugging and kissing each other, and not
needing the kicks they received from
those whose tables and glasses they
upset. However, the band had come
with defined aim. In corner of the
hall group of ten or twelve had gath
cred around a table. Among them
was young woman of beautiful
figure and face, conspicuously clad
in red wrapper, loosely thrown
over her body. The men and
women of this group never once left
off talking except to raise the bumpers,
and the landlord, who understood their
language, explained to me that they
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-11-19

that his companion was given up to his own
thoughts. By and by he began to gnaw the
fnger-tips of his glove, and when this bad
gone on for a long time his friend ventured
to ask him what was the trouble. 'Ill tell
you," said Moore; ~ We left at home on my
table a poem, in which is a word | do not
like" He repeated the line, and asked his
friend if he could help him. The twnin
cudgeled their brains until they reached the
house, without avail. The rest of the day,
ever and anon, Moore would sink into silent
fits in pursuit of the absent word. The poet
went to bed in deep study. The following
morning was bright and beautiful, and
Moore came bounding down from his cham
Der with scrap Of paper in his hand and
glorious light in his countenance. The word
had come! He had awakened in the night
the genius of inspiration had visited his pill
low: he got up and tore scrap from his
notebook, and, by the light of the moon,
had made the thought secure There" he
said, when he had incorporated it into the
text, ''there it is, only a single word, and yet
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-11-19
[Copgrt0hted, 1851

no country are there
as many gypsies as in
Bohemia. There they
live in tribes, travelling
in roughly-built carts,
rarely remainin longer
than a few days at one
spot. They camp under
hurriedly erected tents,
where they lie on the
bare ground, men, wo-
men and children, the
sick and the healthy,
h u d d lie d together.
Their dress consists,
for the men, of a red or
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-11-19

million bushels of grain from .MsAs
that territory alone. Fsass
AS Chief of the Weather Bureau :. ~
he found this laird waste SO inn >cSsSxxSs
portant as to Justify the location .sfsss;ss
of nine signal-service stations ll1ts@
within its boundaries. assG
Gentle reader, do not turn from go
this page of 'ancient history" :.
with anxious eye to the latest
fluctuations of the stock and grain
markets. It may be better to con-
slider material than speculative
things. The time must come when the
question of ways and means will rest upon
more substantial basis than the twists and
turns o. Wall-street kings.
IF ever American industry can checkmate
the English policy of opening the arabic
fields Of India against our wheat producing
sections, we must look to the Northwest for
the accomplishment of such result. No.
where on the continent can the slave labor
of India be counter balanced by fertility and
production, and low cost of cultivation, I'M
less it be in the broad fields of Minnesota
and Dakota.
Thanks to the Interstate Commerce Law, a
newspaper man may speak of railways with
out the implication of payment for past
favors. 1t is fashionable to deride railway
interests, and assert that corporations have
no souls; that they are cormorants, "fatten-
ing" upon the body polite. What nonsense
Men are men the world over, and the rail-
way official who seeks reasonable return
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-11-19
Here the old adage, Tall oaks
from little acorns grow" receiv' s
a practical illustration, for the

system is not unlike tree,
whose trunk rests upon the lake shore,
whose branches are Outstretched throughout
the Northwest; and somewhat as the count
less leaves of some grand old forest monarch
arethe towns and the hamlets and the settle
ments upon it's main line and numerous
branches At the risk of being accused of
"pufing," and of lending to this article
something of the appearance of the so-1nuch-
a-line epistle one cannot refrain from eX-
pressing the opinion that it makes no differ
ence where one may wish to go in Michigan,
Wisconsin, Minnesota, Dakota, Wyoming,
Iowa, Nebraska or Illinois, it is safe to pnr-
chase ticket via the Chicago. and North
western Railway. Where the road may not
reach TODAY, it will, in all probability, APP
pear to morrow.
In this the country resembles the railway.
The marvellous rapidity OF its mutations is
stunning.
Strike out my friend, into Gods land,
where Progress is spelled with very big P;
where men have no time to grow old where
the census returns are so far behind the abb
solute per capita as to be about the only an
Gent history recognized.
Think, if you can, of 1900, 900 acres-an
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-11-19

are not incidental to the march of ciyiliza-
ton.
The "bone express was frontier parlance
indicative of the recognized line, or rather
lines, of communication from the starting
point upon the Illinois lake front to objec
tive points as widely divergent as were the
aims Of the sturdy men who "blazed' their
way over an expanse so vast and trackless
that it was to many the veritable Valley
of the Shadow of Death"
The old-time theory that ''one-haif the
world knows not how the other half lives
has its parallel in the fact that neither half
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-11-19
He Wasn't a ReseutfuI Mon

A Liverpool gentleman took his wife to
the dentists to have her teeth drawn. and
the man of the forceps broke her Jaw the
first wrench. Did the husband of the suf-
terer fall on the dentist and smite him hip
ana thlgh and sit down upon him and puff
into state ofconfuson with his professional
frame, and sue him for damages? Drop o
line to the dentist, and ask him where he
got those diamond studs.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-11-19

is one which requires no oratorical embellish-
ment. In fact, all exaggerated representa-
tons are foreign to the policy of the company
referred to, its management preferring to rely
upon absolute experience and the simple
re-counting of facts, whereofthe writer speaks
from observation, without the fear of con-
tradlction.
When the plan of "corraling" large par
ties for the California trip was first inaugur-
ated many lines embraced it eagerly, under
the delusion that the larger the party the
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-11-19
Poor Lo as an Aristocrat.

The Usage Indians are about the only ex-
ample now left in the United States of real
aristocracy. They do not depend upon gov
eminent rations, as do the Cheyennes and
others, but have enough, as their own undis-
puted property, to makethem the wealthiest
community in the country. Besides the land
of the reservation, which belongs to them by
a title hard to assail. they have about 81 ,OO0,-
600, bearing five per cent. interest, in the
hands of the government They are paid
about $500 year, in cash. The entire
tribe numbers only 1,6O0, SO that they are
actually the richest body of people in the
country.
ANY kind of an honest lob is better than
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-11-19

has com pTeliellSlFe TedilHa-
ton of what this country was
and what it is becoming.
There is little hazard in the
wager that the present reader
does not remember otf-hand
that Missouri had been adj
mitted to the Union as q
State. and St. Louis was carry
ing on a regular trade with
Santa Fe, whilst the Sacs and
Foxes, the Pottowatamies
and Cherokees still held pos
session of the Illinois lake
shore. where Chicago now
stands.
Within the twenty years
the now fertile plains of the
Northwest were described as
the Great American Des-
ert.' In fact, as late as 1875
General HaZen, in charge of
a military post at Fort Blu
ford, voIuminously labored
to prove that Dakota was an
"arid waste" tit only to raise
cacti, prairie dogs, sage brush
and Indians. He lived long
enough to see q population
of over half a million, and a
production of nearly sixty
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-11-19

When Prince Bismarck recei we'd from Lord
Ranelagh writing-desk made from, cannon
balls he exclaimed God grant that can
non balls may always be as peacefully ar.~s
ployed!"
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-11-19
A SINGLE WORD.

Hard Thought.
The following anecdote illustrates Moores
pains-taking efforts to put the right word in
the right place. He was on visit to liter
ary friend in France, and while there wrote
a short poem. One day the two took a stroll
in an adjacent wood, and the host perceived
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-11-19

up for settlement within
a single year. This was
the record of Dakota and
Minnesota, and the terri
tories of Wyoming and
Washington present a fair
second thereto. Into that
mnn2arf11l chain Of x,,iIls
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-11-19
AMONG THE GYPSIES.
SOME WAYS THEY HAVE IN THESE
TRIBES OF WANDERERS.

The Bright-colored Jackets Worn by the
Men-Clasps of Gold and Silver-How
the Women Dress-The Hideous and
Decrepit Appearance Belonging to Them.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-11-19

written upon the whitened
skulls of the buffalo or
sIiStcning bones of oxen
long gone to the happy
land where "prairie schoon-
ers.n "rHckS' and trains
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-11-19

area great tr
by upward Of
800 So ar e
miles t b a II
that of Rhode
l s | and an d
Come cite t
com bin e d
4
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-11-19

lie BILE ach I'M
carca SIS es by
the W ay ST d e
were the news
papers which
to the pioneers
of the great
Northwest told
no lies. News,
gossip an d
warnings We're
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-11-19

Any kind of an honest job is better than
no job at all.